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The IR-4 Project

The IR-4 Project

Directory


 

IR-4 Southern Region

Dr. Liwei Gu
Professor/Regional Director
Food Science
lgu@ufl.edu 
(352) 294-3730

Connie Crawford Headshot

Connie Crawford
Administrative Support Assistant III
connietcrawford@ufl.edu  
(352) 294-3983

 


Field Office

Kristen Searer-Jones Headshot Kristen Searer-Jones
Interim Regional Field Coordinator
k.searerjones@ufl.edu 
(352) 294-3979

Quality Assurance

Kathleen Knight Headshot

Kathleen Knight
Quality Assurance Coordinator
amtg@ufl.edu 
(352) 294-3980

Yavuz Yagiz Headshot Dr. Yavuz Yagiz
Quality Assurance & Research Manager
yavuzy@ufl.edu
(352) 294-3988

Analytical Lab

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Dr. Gail Mahnken
Lab Director
gmahnken@ufl.edu  
(352) 294-3987

Victor Bauder
Chemist IV
IR-4 Southern Region
vicb@ufl.edu   

Emily Graham
Chemist II
IR-4 Southern Region
limeyg@ufl.edu     

Andrew Wuellner
Chemist I
IR-4 Southern Region
awuellner@ufl.edu      

Stephanie Long
Chemist II
IR-4 Southern Region
longs@ufl.edu       

Moriah Murrin
Chemist II
IR-4 Southern Region
mmurrin@ufl.edu        


Southern Region State Liaisons

 

Alabama
Edgar Vinson
(205) 646-3610
vinsoed@auburn.edu 
Arkansas
Hannah Wright Smith
(501) 251-4416
hewright@uada.edu  
Georgia
Stanley Culpepper
(229) 392-5205
stanley@uga.edu  
Florida
Peter Dittmar
(352) 273-4771
pdittmar@ufl.edu 
Kentucky
Ric Bessin 
(859) 257-7456
rbessin@uky.edu 
Louisiana
Tristan Watson
(941) 243-1397
twatson@agcenter.lsu.edu 
Mississippi
Alan Henn
(662) 769-9880
ahenn@ext.msstate.edu 
North Carolina
David Monks
(919) 515-2717
dwm@ncsu.edu 
Oklahoma
Charles Luper
(405) 744-5808
charles.luper@okstate.edu 
Puerto Rico
Wilfredo Robles
(787) 859-0012
wilfredo.robles2@upr.edu 
South Carolina
Matt Cutulle
(443) 562-5492
mcutull@clemson.edu 
Tennessee
Midhula Gireesh
(615) 835-4571
mgireesh@utk.edu  
Texas
Mark Matocha
(979) 845-1099
mmatocha@ag.tamu.edu
Virginia
Daniel Frank
(540) 231-3430
dlfrank@vt.edu 

 

Southern Region Field Research Directors

Michael Long
University of Florida
Citra, FL
(352) 591-2678 etx. 243  michaeljlong@ufl.edu  

Darrell Thomas
University of Florida
Citra, FL
(352) 591-2678   thomasda@ufl.edu 
Kimberly Cochran
Texas A&M University
Uvalde, TX
(830) 988-6151 kimberly.cochran@ag.tamu.edu   
Cole Smith
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
(919) 515-1193   scsmith7@ncsu.edu 
Wilfredo Robles
University of Puerto Rico
Corozal, PR
(787) 859-0012 etx. 3075 wilfredo.robles2@upr.edu